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2707 questions of the kind that actually get asked — in interviews, in architecture review boards, and by the person who has to run the thing at 3 AM. Every answer states the trade-off rather than the slogan, and says when the obvious choice is the wrong one.

All areas2707 Architecture Fundamentals81 Distributed Systems101 Data Architecture90 Cloud Architecture87 Networking86 API & Integration Architecture78 Reliability & Resilience88 Observability81 Performance & Capacity Engineering90 Security Architecture95 Cost Architecture & FinOps92 Business Architecture93 Architecture Communication91 Enterprise Architecture91 Legacy Modernization92 AI-Era Architecture96 Software Architecture & Engineering84 Architecture Patterns84 Architecture Decision-Making91 The Architect's Meta-Skills92 Delivery & Release Engineering93 Platform Engineering & Developer Experience92 Testing & Quality Architecture90 Data Platform Architecture98 Streaming & Real-Time Data93 Data Governance & Semantics91 Frontend & Experience Architecture91 Edge, Mobile & IoT88 Regulatory & Data Protection Architecture90 Assurance, Audit & Model Risk98

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5 questions in Design Systems.

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A design system exists, is well built, and teams keep building their own components anyway. What is the diagnosis?

A design system is adopted and product teams still build their own components. What is the diagnosis?

Three product teams have forked the design system to meet deadlines. Components have diverged. How do you recover?

Two applications in the same company ship what should be the same primary button, and after a rebrand the shades differ by one step. A third application's button is the old colour entirely. What is the underlying cause, and which change prevents recurrence?

Your design system is used by three of eleven applications. The other eight built their own components. What do you do?